Etymology- Paparazzi

The word paparazzi 1came from Italy in the 1960's when the Italian photographer Paparazzo was introduced as the freelance photographer in Federico Fellini's 1959 film "La Dolce Vita." The name itself is of no special significance; it is said to be a common one in Calabria, and Fellini is said to have borrowed it from a travel book, "By the Ionian Sea," in which occurs the name of hotel owner Coriolano Paparazzo. Others say that name was taken from an annoying noise made by mosquitos. Paparazzo is the Italian word for mosquito. The term has stuck as a name for annoying photographers who hover around celebrities like mosquitoes trying to get a picture.